SS6G4 Cultural characteristics of Latin America & Caribbean

The most common religion of Latin America

• Catholicism, a branch of Christianity
• Judaism
• Islam
• Atheism

Began exploring, conquering, and colonizing the Americas in the late 15th century

• Europeans
• Africans
• American Indians
• Asians

A blend of European and African ancestry

• Mulatto
• Mestizo
• American Indian
• African American

A blend of European and American Indian ancestry; most common ethnic group in Latin America

• Mestizo
• Mulatto
• African American
• Asian American 

brought to the Americas by Europeans to work on plantations (farms) as slaves

• Africans
• Asians
• American Indians
• Mestizos

people from a certain area with a common culture and language

• ethnic group
• race
• socioeconomic level
• age group

the language spoken in most of Latin America

• Spanish
• Portuguese
• French
• English

the language of Brazil

• Portuguese
• Spanish
• French
• English

this and Haitian Creole are spoken in Haiti

• French
• Spanish
• English
• Portuguese

the indigenous people of the Americas believed to have crossed on a land bridge from Asia thousands of years ago

• Mestizos
• Mulattos
• American Indian
• Europeans